Chapter 026

That look... What was that? Not giving him time to respond, Akeno laughed in a paranoid manner. - You find me disgusting because I kill my own race?! Is that what you think?! Do you think you're superior or something?! What the hell do you know about me to judge me?! - She asked, shaking with hatred.

Akeno didn't like her past or being judged. No one knew what she went through and she didn't like them knowing.... Because they would judge her, point her out, and blame her.

And she hated it.

She hated being judged! She hated being pointed and whispered!

Therefore, even at school, which was supposed to be a safe place, she hid behind that usual mask: Kindness, kindness and happiness. Because it was easier for everyone to think everything was going well, than to think too much about something she couldn't explain.

That was why that look drove her so crazy... Because she knew that deep down, Naruto despised her for the way she acted... But now that he knew about her secret, he despised her not for who she was... But for what she was. I had the courage to do it.

"As if he knew..." - That phrase repeated itself in his mind. Part of it to inflame the anger of someone who judged her without knowing anything about it and the rest to judge herself for her actions, because deep down she felt it was still something wrong.

Naruto didn't respond immediately, he stared at her calmly... There was a heavy aura around her, a frightening black aura that would certainly scare almost everyone... That was hatred... But Naruto knew that it wasn't all that for him.

- I know, Akeno. He said, seriously. That look of mine wasn't one of judgment... It was one of understanding.

Akeno blinked in surprise.

- Wh... What? - She didn't understand, barely able to formulate a sentence.

- At that moment I understood you a little more,

Akeno. He replied. I could understand why you

would wear a mask, smile falsely and mask yourself... I

understand, after all, we are the same. I know what it's

like to hate your family, your birth and your own kind...

I know. I went through all of this too.

-You... You... How do you know?! - She squinted her eyes. Until now, she had concluded that he didn't know about her past... But he clearly did! How did he know what the doubt was? Her eyes widened as she thought of a solution. - Rias?!

- I don't need her to tell me anything, Akeno... - He said seriously. I saw in her eyes, something that I was tired of seeing in the mirror... I understand you better than you can imagine.

Akeno looked at him seriously, not fully believing his words, but listening to them.

Naruto sighed lightly, as if just enjoying the slightly cool night air. He put his hands behind his head and looked away.

- To summarize, in my past life, the moment I was born, a demon attacked my village. - Akeno blinked, trying to understand the meaning of demon, but the image she thought of would be like a huge monster with wings. He destroyed almost everything and killed many... My father, the former leader of the village, trapped him inside me using his own life as the price. He said, seriously. - I grew up alone in a village where everyone hated me. They didn't see me as a human or a child, they saw me as the demon who took the lives of their relatives and destroyed their village. Can you imagine what they would do to a child who had nowhere to run and no one to protect him? - He laughed. Well, actually there was... But they only stopped it at the point of actually killing me.... I had no one. I had no friends. Not a single meal. No place to go when I was kicked out of the orphanage at 5 years old.

Akeno listened to the entire story with wide eyes, she couldn't doubt his words. She just stood there, standing still... Listening to everything in silence.

- So do you know what I did? - He continued with the story. - I hated it... I hated everything and everyone... I hated my father, in fact in this epic I didn't even know about him sealing the demon in me... It was a kind of secret for everyone except me. - Naruto shrugged. So I hated my mother, my father, the old man, my village "mates"... I hated everyone and everything, but I pretended everything was fine. I forced a smile and pretended to be fine. I told everyone that I was going to be the leader of the Village to prove to everyone that I deserved to be recognized... In the end, I was full of hate, faking a smile, living under the mask and unable to get out of it... It never did me any good... And That's what I've been trying to show you all this time, despite our aversions.

Naruto finally looked at her from the corner...

Seeing her standing in the same corner, staring at him in surprise. She couldn't answer. She couldn't answer.

Naruto waved at her with a slight smile, before starting to leave.

Well, that's it... If you ever need to talk, that's what we're for... He said simply. Goodnight...

Then his footsteps echoed through the night as he walked away.

Akeno remained static... She couldn't doubt him... And that gave her too many things to think about.

- R-Rias-chan! Is this the punishment? Naruto asked, while on all fours he had the redhead sitting on his back.

- Yes. She replied, wearing reading glasses as she organized some documents. And stop moving, your back is not very soft.

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